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Saturday Snapshots #243

by Jeanne Horak on April 20, 2013 5 Comments in Photography, Saturday Snapshots, South Africa

KleinHangklip © J Horak-Druiff 2013

Klein Hangklip – near Cape Town, March 2013

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Review of Ceviche restaurant

by Jeanne Horak on April 19, 2013 5 Comments in London restaurants

CevicheTitle © J Horak-Druiff 2013

“Old DJs never die, they just fade out” goes the saying, and that may well be true for most of them. But just sometimes, you come across a story of a DJ who not only did not fade away mid-track, but walked out of the DJ booth and into a totally new career.  One such […]

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Cajun blackened cod with creamy avocado dressing – and a NoMU giveaway [closed]

by Jeanne Horak on April 17, 2013 30 Comments in Gluten-free, Main course - seafood

CajunCodTitle © J Horak-Druif 2013

Don’t you hate it when you finally find the store that sells jeans that actually fit your shape – and it goes out of business.  Or you finally find the perfect  shade of concealer that does not make you look like an outpatient at the jaundice clinic – and the company discontinues that particular shade. […]

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Southern Sun The Cullinan Hotel, Cape Town

by Jeanne Horak on April 14, 2013 9 Comments in Hotels, South Africa, Travel

CullinanHotelLobby1 © J Horak-Druiff 2013

There was a time when the bottom end of Buitengracht Street in Cape Town could possibly have been described as not the most salubrious of places. I know, because I occasionally used to head down there to go to  a nightclub called The Playground back in the day and was always careful to be very […]

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Saturday Snapshots #242

by Jeanne Horak on April 13, 2013 3 Comments in Photography, Saturday Snapshots, South Africa

CapeTownStadium © J Horak-Druiff 2013

The mothership – Cape Town, March 2013

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Afternoon tea at the Milestone Hotel

by Jeanne Horak on April 12, 2013 5 Comments in London restaurants

MilestoneHotelTeaTitle © J Horak-Druiff 2013

So these days, if you are an immigrant who wants to become British, you can’t just show up, attempt to fit in, and hope they don’t put you on the next boat home.  You also need to  do some studying from a Government-issue book on “Life in the British Isles” or a similarly racy title. […]

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Jeanne Horak is a freelance food and travel writer; recipe developer and photographer. South African by birth and Londoner by choice, Jeanne has been writing about food and travel on Cooksister since 2004. She is a popular speaker on food photography and writing has also contributed articles, recipes and photos to a number of online and print publications. Jeanne has also worked with a number of destination marketers to promote their city or region. Please get in touch to work with her Read More…

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